Rainbow cake recipe

There’s nothing like a burst of bright rainbow colors to put a smile on my face. So when I found out about rainbow cakes, I was all excited about it. I tried them at the Le Chocolat Café at Ann Siang Hill. But recently, I found out that my friend Michele knows how to bake them when I saw it on her Facebook photos.

She’s happy to share the recipe with me so here a step by step recipe on how you can make a rainbow cake.

 

How to make a rainbow cake
I made my first rainbow cake for my daughter’s birthday in May this year. It’s always exciting to make a rainbow cake because the rainbow pattern for each cake actually comes out different depending on how I layer the colours and because it is so vibrant.  Making a rainbow cake is a fun activity you can do with your kids. You can let the kids do their own masterpieces by mixing the colours and layering it any way they wish.

You’ll need a plain cake recipe to start with – an example of a sponge cake recipe can be found on my  blog.
In today’s post, I’ll be making a rainbow cake with six colours – red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple. To colour the batter, you can use any type of gel colouring (liquid colouring may make the batter watery). I am using the Wilton brand which can be found at any baking specialty shops.

To mix your colouring into the cake batter, dip a tooth pick into the tub of colouring and then put it into the cake batter. Use a clean tooth pick every time you dip into the tub. Gel colouring is concentrated so  all you need is a small drop.

After you have prepared the cake batter, divide it equally into 6 bowls. Transfer one scoop of cake batter from Bowl 6 to Bowl 2, and a scoop from Bowl 5 to Bowl 1.

The reason why we do this is so that the first and second layers have the more cake batter than the third and fourth layers. And the third and fourth layers will have more cake batter than the fifth and sixth layer. This helps the cake to achieve an arch design.

Colour each bowl of cake batter according to the picture below.

After colouring the batter with the coloured gel, mix well! Here is my daughter doing the mixing.

And having lots of fun!

Place the first layer (red) in a lined cake tin and spread it out with a spatula to the edges of the tin. Pour in the second layer (orange) and spread it out leaving about 2cm from the edge of the pan.

Pour in the third layer (yellow) and spread it out so that it is about 2cm from the edge of the orange layer. Continue this process till all the colours have been poured in.

When pouring in the cake batter, pour it gently into the middle of the cake tin. Use a spatula to gently spread the cake batter out.

The colours are layered in concentric circles. Now the cake is ready to be baked.

Here is the Rainbow Cake fresh from the oven.

I love the vibrant colours! Eating this cake makes me happy.

Thanks Michele for sharing your rainbow cake recipe with us 🙂 I’ll be trying this very soon too.

Michele is a full time working mum who ventured into baking so that she can make birthday cakes for her three kids. She writes about her baking adventures at www.pieceofcake.sg.  If you have any questions on how to make a rainbow cake, do leave her a message on her blog.

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